Arrow Flight

Warning

Flight is currently unstable. APIs are subject to change, though we don’t expect drastic changes.

Common Types

Action(action_type, buf)	An action executable on a Flight service.
ActionType(type, description)	A type of action that is executable on a Flight service.
DescriptorType(value)	The type of a FlightDescriptor.
FlightDescriptor()	A description of a data stream available from a Flight service.
FlightEndpoint(ticket, locations)	A Flight stream, along with the ticket and locations to access it.
FlightInfo(Schema schema, …)	A description of a Flight stream.
Location(uri)	The location of a Flight service.
Ticket(ticket)	A ticket for requesting a Flight stream.
Result(buf)	A result from executing an Action.

Flight Client

FlightCallOptions([timeout, write_options, …])	RPC-layer options for a Flight call.
FlightClient(location[, tls_root_certs, …])	A client to a Flight service.
ClientMiddlewareFactory	A factory for new middleware instances.
ClientMiddleware	Client-side middleware for a call, instantiated per RPC.

Flight Server

FlightServerBase([location, auth_handler, …])	A Flight service definition.
GeneratorStream(schema, generator[, options])	A Flight data stream backed by a Python generator.
RecordBatchStream(data_source[, options])	A Flight data stream backed by RecordBatches.
ServerMiddlewareFactory	A factory for new middleware instances.
ServerMiddleware	Server-side middleware for a call, instantiated per RPC.

Authentication

ClientAuthHandler	Authentication plugin for a client.
ServerAuthHandler	Authentication middleware for a server.

Middleware

FlightMethod(value)	The implemented methods in Flight.
CallInfo(method)	Information about a particular RPC for Flight middleware.

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